Anti-Atlas: Critical Area Studies from the East of the West

Where is "the East of the West"? This provocative collection confronts the assumptions behind how we divide the world into knowable regions.

Anti—Atlas uses the upheavals of Eastern Europe as a lens through which to rethink the politics of area studies. This collection unsettles traditional hierarchies, questioning how knowledge is produced, who controls it, and how we divide the world into “areas.”

Consisting of an eclectic mix of scholars from Europe, the UK, and North America, the book ex...